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UPDATED: Thursday, Aug. 2, 7:50 p.m., With second victim’s ID UPDATED: Tuesday, July 31, 3 a.m., With first victim’s ID WINCHESTER — Authorities identified yesterday a second senior citizen who died in a two-vehicle crash in the unincorporated community of Winchester, last Tuesday evening, July 24. The double fatal accident happened when a driver veered across a center median and […]
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HEMET — A man suspected of driving under the influence was arrested after a single-vehicle rollover accident, late Wednesday evening, June 13. The wreck happened on Domenigoni Parkway, between Sanderson Avenue and Warren Road. A Hemet police officer reported the accident about 10:20 p.m., after witnessing the wreck while driving on Domenigoni Parkway. The officer advised the vehicle had left […]
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HEMET — Three people were injured – two seriously – in a four-vehicle, chain reaction, traffic collision involving a tandem-trailer big-rig, Monday afternoon, June 11. The major injury multiple-vehicle accident happened in an unincorporated area south of Hemet, on Domenigoni Parkway, just west of Warren Road. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Drunk and speeding in stolen truck, Nuevo man plows head-on […]
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HEMET — A 73-Year-old Hemet resident died after he was involved in a single-vehicle, rollover accident, late Friday evening, Dec. 29. The fatal rollover happened in the area of State Street and Domenigoni Parkway in Hemet. The deadly crash was one of two deadly wrecks that happened less than six miles apart in Hemet over the New Year’s holiday weekend. SEE RELATED: Hemet man […]
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WINCHESTER — More than eighty firefighters spent about thirty minutes knocking down a quick spreading vegetation fire that charred nearly seven acres, Monday, Oct. 23. The fire broke out along the north side of Domenigoni Parkway near Patterson Avenue in Winchester. Firefighters from seven engine companies and one truck company responded to the fire just after 4 p.m., Cal Fire/Riverside County […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 10 p.m. HEMET — Authorities investigating a fatal, multiple-vehicle, traffic collision that happened Thursday, Aug 31, at about 7 p.m., announced the arrest of the driver who caused the DUI-related crash. Hemet police officials arrested Augustin Perala Jimenez, 48, of Hemet, Sunday, Sept. 3. He was arrested about 7 p.m., as he was being released from a local hospital, according to […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Sept. 4, 10 p.m. Writer’s note regarding photographs included below. HEMET — A family friend of the 16-year-old victim who was one of two people struck by a car earlier today provided an update regarding the young victim’s condition, explaining the girl has already undergone the first of many surgeries she will have to undergo. Melina Yazmin Villalobos, […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 2, 1 p.m. HEMET — City of Hemet police officials say DUI is suspected a one of the primary contributing factors in an accident that killed a Menifee man, Thursday evening, Aug, 31. Police officials have not released the identity of the suspected DUI driver, who was hospitalized with unknown injuries after the crash. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s […]
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Timothy Franzese of Public Safety Incidents contributed to this report. HEMET — Reports of a fiery wreck in Hemet brought emergency first responders from multiple agencies rushing to the scene Saturday, June 3. The crash, which caused one vehicle to burst into flames, happened at the intersection of Domenigoni and Searl Parkways in Hemet. The accident happened at the […]
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HEMET – Few details have been released after a three vehicle, rollover traffic accident that happened on Domenigoni Parkway west of Sanderson Avenue in Hemet Monday, Jan. 1. Hemet Police and Fire personnel, AMR medics, and CHP officers were dispatched to the location after City of Hemet emergency dispatchers received several 911 calls reporting the rollover accident about 6:30 p.m. […]
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